The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-03-10
SCHOOL EXAMINERS QUESTIONS.

SCHOOL EXAMINERS QUESTIONS.
Result OF the Meeting on Saturday,
March 8.
l, What class of persons are exclud-
ed from civil Officer How may this
disability be removed?
2. Name the tribes of which the fol-
lowing Indians were chiefs: Tecum-
sch, Osceola, Canonchet. Canonicus and
Metacom.
3. What is writ OF hd6eus c0rpuss
A. What bill was recently vetoed by
the PresidentP What vote was neces-
sary to pass it over his vetoI
s. How many States were necessary
to ratify the Constitution in order for
it to 90 into effectp What two States
had not adopted it before the first elec-
tiOn was held under itp
6. What President was a resident of
Tennesseep New York? Pennsyl-
vania? Louisiana? New Hampshire?
Z. To what governments. in order,
did Florida belong, and what in each
case was the cause of the transfer?
8. Tell what you know of the Begin
ming and extension of the mail service
in the Colonies and StatesY
8. What is our National debt? How
is it being reduced? How does it COM
pare with those of the European
States?
10. What was the Clayton-Bulwer
Treaty?
THEORY AND PRACTICE.
1. Define common schools, graded
schools, Normal schools.
2. How does education differ from
knowledge?
8. What is Teachers Institute
4. Name some of the elements of
success in teacher.
5. Should teachers of the lower
grades of school be as we'll educated as
those who teach in the higher grades ?
Assign reasons.
1. Trace the 35th parallel across U. y.
2. When it is noon at st. Louis, what
is the time at Santa Fep
3. Locate the zone of Gains and tell
why they are so situated.
4. Why are so many volcanoes found
on the borders of the Pacific and so few
on the borders of the Atlantic.
5. Into what four classes are coral
formations divided? Describe each.
6. For what was the weather bureau
establishedp
Z. What influence is produced on the
climate of high latitudes by q prepon.
derance of moderately elevated land
masses? In the climate of the tropics
Define Coast Line, Volcano, Plateau,
Low Plain, Solstice and Equinox.
8. Bound the township in which you
live and give dates of its organization.
10. What and where are Oxford,
Senegal, Nourse, Rangoon, Eyre and
Macassar?
1. The product of the greatest COM
mon measure and least common multi
pie of two numbers is equal to the
product of the two numbers. Whyp
2. Find the smallest integral multi
plier that will make 5l156 perfect
square.
3. A certain sum amounts to 82O7O
in 6 months, and to $242O in 3 years,
simple interest. What is the rate per
cent?
4. A man sells goods for Sll25. Half
he sold at an advance Of 25 per cent. on
the cost, 2-5 at an advance OF 12X per
cent, and the remainder at OF the
cost. What did he pay for the goods
B. How many pounds of butter must
be mixed with 12X pounds of lard that
the mixture may contain Sa15 per cent.
Of butterY
6. B can beat A Il a mile in a course
of 4 miles. Z can beat B 2 minutes
and A by mile over the same course.
Find the time it takes each to run the
course.
Z. If I sell one of my two farms for
$45O0 and the other for $500 will
gain per cent. on the cost of both
but If I sell the dearer farm at $4,000
and the other at cost I will lose per
cent. Find the cost of each farm.
8. Find the side of an equilateral tri.
angle inscribed In circle SO IT. In
diameter.
8. pendulum of one clock makes
"a beats in 26 seconds; that of another
36 beats in 40 seconds. If they start
together at IL o'clock, when first will
the beats occur togetherY
10. A sold goods which cost him 500
TO B at certain rate Of profit. B sold
Of profit. G paid $4S2 for the goods
What did B pay for themP
!. Decline thou, 1t, and he IN both
singular and plural number.
2. From what are abstract nouns de-
riyedY Give the corresponding gender
of the following words: Beau, conf.
dant, poetess, hart, sir.
3. Define end give an example of q
diminutive noun. Define relative
lpronOun. ~
i I. Give the general divisions Of Eng,
lish Grammar and define each.
Il 8. To what verbs does the passive
voice :belongY How is the passive
voice f0rmedY
Q. What are the principal parts Of q
verbP Why 90 calledp sI.4t x, {
1 7. Define synthUsis, dieresis, aspirate
subvocal and letter.
i 8. Parse italicized words: He seem.
ed 10 BE- their leader. 10 tel the truth
had as lief not be as 1--we 10 be in awe
Of such thing az ! nayseH.
--0. Correct, f wF0nS: He il talle,
than her. Whom do you say they were
Who are you looking for. Poverty o.
81 wealth have their own temptations.
called but you Iwasnot ct home.
II 10. Oia9tamS
~ can not bid you bld my ds,,ghter livl
Tbss were impossiblS; but. ! pEsy yos
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